The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Friday ordered a judicial probe into the alleged human rights violations at an unregistered orphanage in Trichy district, India.

This article explores how the demand for orphanage tourism, whether from volunteers or holidaymakers visiting or donating, can fuel child trafficking and abuse. 

L’Etat d’Andra Pradesh est l’une des régions d’Inde qui fait face à un trafic d’enfants des plus importants.  Pour renforcer les capacités des Comites de protection de l'enfance, Tdh a mis en place des procédures afin d’affronter les différentes situations, des formations à l’intention du personnel et une assistance téléphonique notamment.

The government of Japan is considering extending foster care services to young people up to the age of 20, according to this article from the Japan Times.

This study from Singapore examined the association of two factors — children's strengths and placement type, with outcomes at two time-points during out-of-home care. 

The negative impact of childhood maltreatment, which can often extend well into adulthood, consistently appears to be ameliorated if victimized children possess several resiliencies or strengths.

This study in India sought to develop the SAFE Checklist in order to assess site-level threats to child protection among children and families living in settings of adversity. The tool was field tested in two diverse sites in India (a construction site and a railway station) and the results demonstrated that the SAFE Checklist is a sensitive tool that captured the differences between the two sites from the standpoint of core child protection issues. 

The present evaluation examines the National Child and Youth Development Plan, which provides a framework for the development of children and youth in Thailand. The evaluation aimed to review the design and implementation of the NCYDP and to generate lessons in order to improve the operation of the current plan and to inform the development of a follow-up plan for the period beyond 2016.

This is an evaluation document that promotes family-based care in Cambodia.  

This two-page brief from USAID describes the “Keeping Children in Healthy and Protective Families” project, a project that is part of 4Children that “focuses on strengthening family care among households at high risk of children separating or where children can be reintegrated after having been placed in residential care.”